HND Contracts

Higher National Diploma (HND)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for HND qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 448 615 786
Rank change year-on-year +167 +171 -116
Contract jobs citing HND 127 67 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.12% 0.059%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.99% 0.44% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 26 27
10th Percentile £255 £115 £117
25th Percentile £259 £126 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £377 £463
Median % change year-on-year -26.96% -18.59% +32.14%
75th Percentile £450 £450 £570
90th Percentile £704 £511 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £330 £420
% change year-on-year -16.67% -21.43% +6.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 35 17
10th Percentile £35.45 £37.72 £20.13
25th Percentile - £42.50 £23.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £41.62
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +8.12% +4.05%
75th Percentile - £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £48.80 £68.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £43.31
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.90% +8.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

HND is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

HND
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing HND as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for HND in the UK

HND
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing HND.

Daily rate trend for HND in the UK

HND
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing HND over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for HND in the UK

HND
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing HND.

Hourly rate trend for HND in the UK

HND
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing HND over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for HND in the UK

HND
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing HND within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +114 126 £275 -16.67% 536
England +170 121 £273 -35.88% 526
East of England +64 69 £400 - 56
Work from Home +118 47 £675 +58.82% 127
Midlands +41 21 £266 -40.89% 94
East Midlands +32 21 £266 - 43
South West +22 21 £675 +29.81% 80
South East +5 7 £450 - 119
Scotland +28 3 £350 +193.38% 68
North of England +16 2 - - 133
North West +14 2 - - 67
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 4
Wales +16 1 - - 11
London - 1 - - 58

HND
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.79%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (1.57%) Infor M3
2 1 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.51%) AWS
1 7 (5.51%) PaaS
1 7 (5.51%) SaaS
2 4 (3.15%) Azure
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.30%) WAN
2 7 (5.51%) PBX
2 7 (5.51%) VoIP
3 4 (3.15%) Junos
3 4 (3.15%) LAN
3 4 (3.15%) SDH
4 2 (1.57%) HTTP
4 2 (1.57%) RTP
4 2 (1.57%) Wireless
5 1 (0.79%) BGP
5 1 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.79%) Firewall
5 1 (0.79%) IPv4
5 1 (0.79%) IPv6
5 1 (0.79%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.57%) SQLite
2 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (10.24%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (1.57%) Checkstyle
2 2 (1.57%) Git
2 2 (1.57%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.79%) JIRA
General
1 64 (50.39%) Publishing
2 29 (22.83%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.24%) Telecoms
4 9 (7.09%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.51%) Digital Economy
6 6 (4.72%) Aeronautics
6 6 (4.72%) Finance
7 5 (3.94%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.94%) Electronics
7 5 (3.94%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.15%) Advertising
9 2 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Automotive
10 1 (0.79%) Local Government
10 1 (0.79%) Marketing
10 1 (0.79%) Military
10 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Retail
10 1 (0.79%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 65 (51.18%) Author
1 65 (51.18%) Technical Author
2 15 (11.81%) Architect
3 11 (8.66%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (5.51%) Project Manager
4 7 (5.51%) Test Manager
5 5 (3.94%) Production Manager
6 4 (3.15%) Coordinator
6 4 (3.15%) Technical Architect
6 4 (3.15%) Technical Coordinator
7 3 (2.36%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (1.57%) Design Engineer
8 2 (1.57%) Digital Transformation
8 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
8 2 (1.57%) IT Engineer
8 2 (1.57%) Lead
8 2 (1.57%) Quality Manager
8 2 (1.57%) Site Manager
8 2 (1.57%) Software Engineer
8 2 (1.57%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (52.76%) XML
2 64 (50.39%) SGML
3 4 (3.15%) Middleware
4 2 (1.57%) .NET
4 2 (1.57%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.57%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.57%) JSON
4 2 (1.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.51%) Blackberry
1 7 (5.51%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.15%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.57%) FPGA
4 2 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.79%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.79%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.30%) Linux
2 6 (4.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (50.39%) Desktop Publishing
2 32 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (20.47%) Decision-Making
4 19 (14.96%) Conflict Management
4 19 (14.96%) Time Management
5 18 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (12.60%) ITIL
7 15 (11.81%) Critical Thinking
7 15 (11.81%) People Management
7 15 (11.81%) TOGAF
8 14 (11.02%) Asset Management
9 13 (10.24%) Customer Engagement
10 11 (8.66%) ArchiMate
10 11 (8.66%) Architecture Governance
10 11 (8.66%) BPMN
10 11 (8.66%) Digital Strategy
10 11 (8.66%) Enterprise Architecture
10 11 (8.66%) Roadmaps
10 11 (8.66%) Strategic Roadmap
11 9 (7.09%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.57%) C#
1 2 (1.57%) Python
2 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.79%) MATLAB
2 1 (0.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (77.17%) HNC
2 38 (29.92%) Degree
3 27 (21.26%) Security Cleared
4 17 (13.39%) SC Cleared
5 15 (11.81%) DV Cleared
6 11 (8.66%) TOGAF Certification
7 8 (6.30%) CCNP
7 8 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.15%) JNCIA
9 3 (2.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.57%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.79%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.87%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.57%) Firmware
Vendors
1 12 (9.45%) Cisco
2 11 (8.66%) IBM
2 11 (8.66%) Juniper
2 11 (8.66%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.66%) Nokia
3 7 (5.51%) Avaya
3 7 (5.51%) Ericsson
3 7 (5.51%) Google
3 7 (5.51%) Ribbon
4 4 (3.15%) Ciena
4 4 (3.15%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.36%) EMC
5 3 (2.36%) VMware
6 1 (0.79%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.79%) Mentor Graphics
6 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.79%) SAP